William D. Evers ’49, 90, passed away on June 28, 2017. He spent 12 years as a managing partner at Pettit, Evers & Martin, helping grow the firm from 7 to 70 lawyers. Later, he became head of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic Development. He helped Mayor Diane Feinstein create the Shanghai-San Francisco "Sister City" program.

The obituary was carried in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 9, 2017.

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